arvõ

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Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *harva.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑrvɑ/, [ˈɑrvə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrvɑ
  • Hyphenation: ar‧võ

Adjective[edit]

arvõ

  1. sparse, thin
  2. rare, infrequent

Inflection[edit]

Declension of arvõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative arvõ arvõd
genitive arva arvojõ, arvoi
partitive arva arvoitõ, arvoi
illative arvasõ, arva arvoisõ
inessive arvõz arvoiz
elative arvõssõ arvoissõ
allative arvõlõ arvoilõ
adessive arvõllõ arvoillõ
ablative arvõltõ arvoiltõ
translative arvõssi arvoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References[edit]

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “arva”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn